Sentences with phrase «in tallgrass prairies»
Sivicek, V. A., and J. B. Taft, 2011: Functional Group Density as an index for assessing habitat quality in tallgrass prairie.
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«In order for us to preserve tallgrass prairie, we need to look at woody encroachment because it has been an issue.
About 10 % of North America's original tallgrass prairie remains in scattered patches across the plains states.
Findings reported in today's Science linking bison grazing to plant diversity in a Kansas tallgrass prairie offer hope to land managers trying to preserve the last remnants of native U.S. grasslands.
«Our results predict that climate change could greatly impact the tallgrass prairie as we currently know it, reducing forage for cattle in the drier parts of grasslands, in places like Kansas,» Johnson said.
«It was said in the past that the tallgrass prairies were so tall that a person riding a horse could literally get lost,» said Adam Smith, assistant scientist in global change at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
In central Iowa, more than 99 % of the original tallgrass prairies have been converted to cornfields, paved, or put to other human use.
Indeed, the alarming rate — almost 0.5 meters a year — at which the invasive grass Sorghum halepense has invaded the tallgrass prairie, formerly dominated by the native little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), over the last 25 years, and the complete dominance of that invasive was the ideal situation in which Rout could test her ideas.
Preferred habitat: tallgrass prairies, coastal woods, river bottoms, hardwood slopes, lake shores + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: deciduous, leaves periodically turn yellow in fall + + + + Soil conditions: loam, clay loam, clay, well drained + + + + Light conditions: dappled shade to full sun + + + + Plant spacing: 20 to 25 feet + + + + Wildlife value: birds and mammals enjoy the fruit; birds attracted include Eastern Bluebird, Mockingbird, Red - headed Woodpecker; Henry's Elfin Butterfly larvae eat leaves; Viceroy Butterfly larvae eat plum + + + + Note: this tree is remarkably versatile in terms of handling various light conditions and soil conditions as long as it is not sited in a low - lying area.